Job Description:

• 1) Operates machine to clean expansion joint grooves or to cut new grooves in concrete or asphalt pavement, and to rout out cracks in concrete and asphalt pavement: Installs cutters in cutterhead and mounts cutterhead on cone of main drum shaft, using handtools.

• 2) Guides machine along joint or crack, sighting through mirror fastened to front of machine.

• 3) Lowers and raises cutter according to sounds of blades in contact with paved surface to cut safety grooves in specified paved sections.

• 4) Measures to verify depth of grooves, using depth gauge and adjusts cutting blades according to depth specifications.

• 5) Cleans and replaces cutters when dirty or worn.